Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The way I learned was through working with peer group of people who were supporting nonprofits in their quest to build capacity and skills using the Internet to realize their missions. In those days, we used listservs and online discussion software, but platform matter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

And, that's why I really enjoy being a member of Cpsquared community because I get to explore online technology tools (in this case for online facilitation/collaboration) with really thoughtful people. I met with the group last week. Rosie will give you another group's notecard and you will need to go and look for their box.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond. " I need to start organizing the various pile of UK examples that tagged and grab from various emails and listserv posts. I have one blog post here. And, then revisit and revise the outline we brainstormed via skype and wiki , and finally build a powerpoint.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

participation in online discussion groups. networking with people (and firms) who can refer their clients or subcontract with you. Sign up for CharityChannel’s CONSULTANTS listserve: [link]. Options include. writing articles. publishing a newsletter. public speaking. business cards. volunteer work. the dreaded cold calls.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) Many non-tech people (i.e., people who aren't responsible for the technical decisions in your organization; all humans are tech people) will only tolerate a technical discussion if they can see immediately how it helps them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Many nonprofit early adopters of Facebook set up groups as their organizational hubs because that was the only option. There has been some discussion in nonprofit forums, blogs, and listservs about the pros and cons of Facebook Pages versus Groups for nonprofits. Tim Davies - Facebook Pages vs Facebook Groups Pros/Cons.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Church Technology Listservs. I’ve been following the discussions on the Unitarian Universalist techie listserv and it’s a great information sharing group. Another is the ChurchMgmtSoftware listserv. Beth Ogilvie and Margy Levine Young from that community compiled some survey results from the group.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

The Association for Institutional Research ( AIR ) provides resources and connections for those “working at the intersection of people and data.” There are grassroots groups on social media, listservs, and informal peer groups for users of various Blackbaud products. How do I harness my data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

I've been doing Internet skills training workshops since 1995 and way back when I used to do one called "Digital Literacy" which was all about how to use email, listservs, and Internet search functions. I'm finding that some people's initial reactions to RSS is "OMG, information overload!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

So, I can easily respect other people's tool preferences as long as I don't get too annoyed. It's the same kind of impatience I feel reading email from listservs -- only because my RSS reader makes scanning and reading a lot of information very eficient. I'm not going to ditch email or listservs anytime soon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

So he cautioned me that some of the information might not be entirely up to date that he shared on listserv including a pointer to his awesome slide show with audio. We use it to go where people are already organizing against genocide, and give them tools to do so effectively.

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JULY 22, 2011

Beyond the Center, there are also dozens of listservs, blogs, and electronic "hallways" devoted to philanthropy, nonprofit leadership and management, volunteerism, and other facets of the social sector.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Note: Cassie is the co-author of the chapter on "Finding and Keeping the Right People" in our forthcoming book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission.]. Groups such as NTEN, TechSoup Global, NPower, and your regional nonprofit association may also be able to provide resources and guidance. Screening Candidates.

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Forum One

JANUARY 27, 2009

We've been helping groups for many years with ways to have a little more influence and get a little more impact out of their online and offline events. With users' increasing confidence in participating together online, there's never been a better time to take a leap and try a new tactic to engage a group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

So a hat tip to Katrin Verclas and Progressive Exchange listserv. I received an email back stating that only individuals are allowed to create profiles, but that we were more than welcome to start a group (which we already have). They make it a lot harder to interact with people than MySpace does.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Nonprofits can use groups). The resulting discussion thread on the progressive exchange listserv prompted some reflections on how nonprofits can effectively use Facebook. If so, it seems dubious that sponsored (read: billable) groups like Wal-Mart are welcome to market themselves despite intense community backlash.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Usually, I panic and start brainstorming a list of smarter people and browsing my networks for people I am sure can give me the answers. And occassionally, there might be a post where some good soul has summarized the learning from the last time that particular question was asked on the listserv.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

Here are ten practical things you can do, starting tomorrow: 1) Join a list-serve or social media group. The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. Search LinkedIn and Google groups. Students are among the most technology savvy people I know. NTEN and TechSoup list a few. IFRC joined in early 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

View the list of people who contributed their smarts, hearts, and souls to this campaign. Commentary here ) Maybe that's why we've heard rumblings in the blogosphere and on listservs that the YouTube Nonprofit Channel was backlogged on accepting applications. See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Ning, which lets you set up your own custom social network, has attracted attention for its ability to create communities that are more functional than those created through competing services from Google and Yahoo listservs. Nonprofits, support groups, and nonprofit professionals have found their homes on Ning.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

You will need to have a team of staff or volunteers available to direct traffic, answer questions, and help people navigate the event. An association usually hosts the event and will market it on their website, through academic and social forums, through listservs, word-of-mouth, and more. More Attractive to Attendees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

Today's planning meeting at TechSoup Office in Second Life on Information Island was with a group of avatars, some of who I know in real life , to discuss the upcoming TechSoup mixed-reality event on July 18th (more about that later). It is like sending a personal email to the entire listserv by mistake.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2009

To develop creative, sustainable partnerships with nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, issue groups, labor unions, educational institutions, business corporations, foundations, and all levels of government. Any individuals/group/family can register their project. You don't need to be an organization to do this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

On a listserv the other day, Laura Quinn at Idealware asked if "Visit" or "Click" data on Feedburner were useful metrics to track to assess reader interest in your blog content. Visitors are people who visit your blog. If you have a group blog, are there differences between authors? What's the tone, formal or informal?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

I "met" Ali while lurking on the UK Riders list, a peer group of ICT circuit riders. She also asked some really good questions about blogging for ngos on the listserv. I decided to make AVIF a charity rather than a company as people are always more willing to offer time to a non-profit organisation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

The problem is that many people use the text bullet points templates to communicate their information, rather than the power of visuals to tell their organization's story. While your nonprofit can also use Flickr to reach new people who may interested in your cause, it can also be a terrific photo resource. Creative Commons Licenses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2007

John posted a marvelous report on the NTEN listservs about what he learned. If you have the chance to work with them or participate in the conference in the future I would highly recommend it, a great group of people. His post would be the perfect blog post. The conference was similar to NTEN???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2005

First, there was a lot of energy in the room, similar to the blogher , because a lot of people had been reading each other's blogs or posts on GV, but had never met face-to-face. Also, the people in the room were coming from all corners of the world, many of them bloggers, and all passionate about their topics. Next year in Nigeria?).

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

We want you to know that we've heard you, and we want to quell any fears about the loss of the NTEN Discuss list (it is not going away) or the many valuable resources that have been collected in various Affinity Groups (also, definitely not going away). Can there be more than one group leader? Where does the CoP “live”?

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Today, the iHeart Digital Audio Group exclusively shared details on the network’s past year or so with Hot Pod , as well as on its Latinx-focused network My Cultura, which launched in May. Conal Byrne, CEO at iHeart Digital Audio Group, says the network accounts for more than 15 million downloads per month, as defined by the IAB. “We

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

This articles provides some excellent tips and strategies for a successful group approach to blogging. Allison Fine asks, " Do most people really fine web2.0 Facebook The Non-Profits on Facebook Group is for those who work for, belong to, or support nonprofits on Facebook. hard to use ?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

This week I wanted to get a bird's eye view of nonprofit blogging from a nonprofit technology assistance provider (people who work with nonprofits on technology/capacity building issues). They should belong to listservs, comment on community bulletin boards. To make sure people know that they are being read inside the organization.

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

Many community platforms, whether simple or complex, offer a large number of options for user interaction: user-generated content contributions, discussions, groups, wikis, blogs, real-time communication, Twitter-like updates, photo galleries, collaborative file management, etc. People and programs before platforms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface. Given that you are starting a virtual representation of people - you may be proned to projection. at the end of your phrase to indicate you're not finished.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

I’m always amazed when my colleagues tell me that the biggest barrier they face to “opening up” the content at their museums is from registrars—the people who care for collection objects. I encountered strong push-back on the listserv, with one subscriber calling my fitness for my job title, “collections care trainer,” into question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. There is now a poll to vote on names suggested by people. As part of the activities, people are invited to kick the tires of the new version of Social Source Commons. FLOSS Usability Sprint is taking place this weekend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Last week, there was a useful exchange on the NTEN Affinity group for Nonprofit Bloggers around the question "What metrics do you use to measure success for your blog?" " The question awoke my inner research geek (a long time ago I worked as a research analyst and focus group moderator). Google Analytics. MyBlogLog.

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